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Essays

Essays

by Octavio Paz

CivilizationHistory and criticismMexican ArtMexican National characteristicsModern Literature
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"Octavio Paz probes the mystery of pre-Columbian art--it's 'otherness', its unique concept of time--and connects it to the ideas of Baudelaire and Nietzsche. He tells the estory of Hermenegildo Bustos, a self-taught painter in a remote Mexican village, and compares his work to the sarcophagi portraits of the Egyptian Fayum. He demonstrates how the Mexican muralists--Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco--were influenced by European Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and how they in turn influenced American painters, Gorky, Rothko, Pollock. The abstract art of Tamayo evokes for him the music of Bela Bartók, and the canvases of María Izquierdo suggest the poetry of Apollinaire. In these fourteen wide-ranging essays, Paz makes art, philosophy, religion, and the history of the world converge as he celebrates the richness of Mexico"--Publisher's description, p. [2] of dust jacket.

Themes & subjects

CivilizationHistory and criticismMexican ArtMexican National characteristicsModern LiteratureSocial life and customs

Setting

Mexico19th century20th century

About the author

Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz

31 March 1914 – 19 April 1998

[Octavio Paz Lozano][1] (México, DF, 31 de marzo de 1914 - 19 de abril de 1998) fue un poeta, escritor, ensayista y diplomático mexicano, fue miembro de El Colegio Nacional y ganador del premio Nobel de Literatura (1990). Se le considera uno de los más grandes escritores del siglo XX y uno de los grandes poetas hispanos de todos los tiempos. Fue un escritor prolífico cuya obra abarcó varios géneros, entre los que sobresalieron textos poéticos, el ensayo y traducciones diversas. [1]: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio_Paz

Author

Octavio Paz

Pages

303

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

9

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

ISBN

1559701390

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